Coin receptacle



Patented Aug. 2, 1927 YUNITED ysTATE PATENT F DANIEL L. CHANDLER, or wononsrnn; MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO'WILLIA n; WHITCOMB, on NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Original application filed June'BO, 1924, serial No. 723-399. m and this application meamimh is, c

1925- Serial No. 14,067. I i

This invention relates to unimproved coin receptacle adapted to be used in commotion The subject-matter ol'this application is divided out of an application made by me for coin controlledand change-making turnstile apparatus, Serial No. 723,399, tiledJune 30, 192 1. I

The object oi the invention is to provide a coin receptacle which positions awcolumn of coins, and which is made in two portions, one of which is adapted to :be detached from the other when all o l the ccins therein.

e passed downwardly into the other in order that the portion so detached may be 2 lower portion of the device without interlferring with the supply of coins which one by one arebeing separated from the coins in said lower portion of the receptacle.

To these ends,the invention consists of a coin receptacle such as hereinait'terdescribed and particularly oil? thecombination and arrangement of parts'pointed outiu the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a coin receptacle embodying iny invention, and showing the two portions of the coin receptacle separated from each other, the upper r portion of the coin receptacle being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating the two portions of the device operatively connected.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lower portion of the coin receptacle;

Fig. 4: is a plan view of a slide whereby the lowermost coin in the column of coins may be removed therefrom. M

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the lower portion of thecoin receptacle, and 6 the upper portion thereof. The portion 5 consists of a tube 7 beveled at its upper end 8. lVithin the tube 7 is another tube 9 closely fitting the same and projecting into a plate 110. Another plate 11 is fastened to the plate 10 and be tween the two plates 10 and 11 is a slot 12 minates'below the upper end at the tube 7..

filled with coins and again attached to the in which a slide 13 is slidably mounted.

The slide 13 is provided with an opening 14 extending therethrough and adapted to rejceive the lowcrmostcoin 15 of a column of coins 16. The upper end of the tube .9 ter- The upper portion of the receptacle 8111- bodies a tube 17 provided with two lever-s 1.8,qpre'l erably oppositely disposed to each. other and pivoted at 19 to ears 20. The lower ends of the levers 18 areeach provided with a hook 21 and these hooks project into slotsQQ in the lower end of the tube 17,.

Springs 23 hold .the levers 18 normally in the positions illustrated in Fig. 1, that is, with the hooks 21 projecting below the .column :ol coinslG' in the tube 17..

Assuming now that the parts are in the respective :POSlil'lODS illustrated in Fig. 1 and that tIh-etube .17 is loweredto theflposition Y illustrated in F ig. 2, the lower ,end of the 115 tube 17 enters the upper end of the tube 7 until it abuts against the upper end of the tube 9Wl1lCl1 thus constitutes a stop for the tube 17. During this downward movement of the upper tube 17, the beveled edges 24 so ofthe hooks 21 engage the beveled upper end 18 of the tube 7 and are spread apart as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereupon the coins in the column 16 will fall downwardly until thelowermost coin in said column 16 rests upon the uppermost coin of the column 16. The parts of the device are then assembled in operative position.

Different means maybe employed to remove the coins one by one from the bottom ot' thecolumn 16, one such means being the slide 18, into the opening 14 of which the I lowermost. coin 15 of the column 16 will drop when the slide is in the position illus- I trated in Fig. 1. The slide then can be moved toward the'right to the position illustrated'in Fig. .2 and the coin 15 ejected from the device. The slide is then moved back to the position illustrated in Fig. 1, and the next lowermost coin in the column 16 will drop 'intothe opening 14. f

When the coins have all passed out of the tube 17 into the tube 9, thetube 17 can be lifted out of the 'tube 7, whereupon the levers 18 being released from contact at their lower ends with thetube 7, will be positions illustrated Fig. 1. The tube 17 is then filled with coins by the operator and positioned upon the tube 7 as hereinbeiore ceive a column of coins, ail-auxiliary tube adapted to receive a column of coins and detachably positioned on' the upper end oi said base and projecting thereinto and a stop on said base adapted" to be engaged by 'said auxiliary tube to position the same relatively thereto, and means on said auxiliary tube to hold a column of coins therein when the auxiliary tube is removed from thebase. I

3. A coin receptacle in two parts, namely a tubular base, an auxiliary tube detachably positioned on the upper end thereof, and means on said auxiliary tube to hold a column of coins therein when the auxiliary tube is removed from the base.

4. A coin receptacle in two parts, namely a tubular base and an auxiliary tube detachably positioned on the upper end thereof, and a spring actuated lever constituting a detent pivoted to said auxiliary tube and normally adapted to project beneath a column of coins therein when said auxiliary tube is detached'from said base, the lower end of said lever being positioned to engage the upper end of the base when the auxiliary tube is being positioned thereon whereby the lever will be moved to allow coins in said auxiliary tube to enter the base. 5. A coin receptacle in two parts, namely a tubular base having a beveled upper edgeand an auxiliary tube detachably positioned on the upper end thereof, and a,

springactuated lever constituting a detent pivoted to said auxiliary tube and adapted to project beneath a column of coins therein when said auxiliary tube 1s detached from said base, the lower end of said lever being adapted to engage the beveled upper end of the base when the auxiliary tube is being positionedthcreon, whereby the lever will be noved from beneath a column 01 coins in the auxiliary tube and allow the same to enter the base.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand. A

DANIEL L. CHANDLER. 

